Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Not Huns: Portrayals of German Soldiers to the Homefront Audience
From Tony Langley's Collection

All the participants in the war had full-color magazines that purported to cover the war but were unknowingly (or is some cases knowingly) instruments of state propaganda. All of them portrayed the frontline soldier with maximum sympathy. The finest artists and illustrators were called upon to assist with this effort. I thought the readers might enjoy some of these moving depictions of German troops from the early war period.

The illustrations below—from Tony Langley's collection—show the German soldier at his most stalwart and dutiful.

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